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NC is probably not the best place for a struggling family to start over. thinking the economics and probability of success.
I love NC but there have to be places better for those struggling. Or doing something differently where you are.
Then I guess we'll keep on searching for those better places because the only thing I want to do where we are is get the hell out.
I find this city repulsive. I cannot stand the thought of my kids growing up drowning in strip joints and pedophiles.
(And all of the other things I mentioned before).
Then I guess we'll keep on searching for those better places because the only thing I want to do where we are is get the hell out.
I find this city repulsive. I cannot stand the thought of my kids growing up drowning in strip joints and pedophiles.
(And all of the other things I mentioned before).
There are dozens of other states and cities where kids aren't drowning in strip joints and pedophiles. There's probably a city not too far from you in Florida (or maybe Georgia) where this is the case.
Why not try something close enough for you to make a day trip to look for jobs and go on interviews now and then?
Just a thought.
You fix part of the problem, then you work on bigger plans like moving to someplace that may be farther (if you are still unhappy with where you wind up next) and you do it with jobs, skills, and solid finances.
That's what I would do.
For example: Jacksonville has an average crime rate. Why not try there? It's further north so it'll be slightly cooler than Tampa. Savannah, Georgia has a lower crime rate than Jacksonville... they have quite a few jobs in the hospitality industry and the like, so it might be not so hard to find a service job or jobs of some sort. Beautiful city, too.
I'm not clear on how it would be easier to move VERY far from where you are now with no jobs and no money to an area where we just don't have much in the way of the sort of jobs you say you'd be seeking.
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There are dozens of other states and cities where kids aren't drowning in strip joints and pedophiles. There's probably a city not too far from you in Florida (or maybe Georgia) where this is the case.
Why not try something close enough for you to make a day trip to look for jobs and go on interviews now and then?
Just a thought.
You fix part of the problem, then you work on bigger plans like moving to someplace that may be farther (if you are still unhappy with where you wind up next) and you do it with jobs, skills, and solid finances.
That's what I would do.
For example: Jacksonville has an average crime rate. Why not try there? It's further north so it'll be slightly cooler than Tampa. Savannah, Georgia has a lower crime rate than Jacksonville... they have quite a few jobs in the hospitality industry and the like, so it might be not so hard to find a service job or jobs of some sort. Beautiful city, too.
I'm not clear on how it would be easier to move VERY far from where you are now with no jobs and no money to an area where we just don't have much in the way of the sort of jobs you say you'd be seeking.
Your advice makes sense, but when we do move elsewhere it has to be out of Florida, so Georgia could be considered, it's a reasonable suggestion.
I'm not clear on how it would be easier to move VERY far from where you are now with no jobs and no money to an area where we just don't have much in the way of the sort of jobs you say you'd be seeking.
If somebody cleans your office, you hotel rooms, etc. If someone serves you coffee, lunch, dinner... then I guess there are jobs I am willing to do
If somebody cleans your office, you hotel rooms, etc. If someone serves you coffee, lunch, dinner... then I guess there are jobs I am willing to do
I get what you're saying. Trouble is that those jobs don't pay enough for a family to live in the nicer areas in the places in NC that may have the most of these types of jobs, so you'd wind up living in the worst parts of the cities which aren't much of a step up from where you are now. Sure, people with very low incomes can live in rural areas, but they absolutely must drive and maintain cars. And that will eat into wages with gas being so expensive on a long commute.
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Trouble is that those jobs don't pay enough for a family to live on in the nicer areas
in the places in NC that may have the most of these types of jobs...
Those jobs don't pay enough for a family to live on in the not so nice areas either.
Those jobs don't pay enough for even a single adult to survive on by themselves.
That single will need to share housing costs and probably household costs with someone
to even approach something resembling a decent standard of living ... if that other person
is a spouse of some sort then great -- but it still doesn't leave anything to raise kiddo's on.
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Sure, people with very low incomes can live in rural areas...
Not very well though... and absolutely not without some land to grow/raise much of their food on.
Having worked in management in the hospitality industry, I can guarantee that housekeepers, cleaners, etc don't make a living wage, they barely make above minimum wage. Even if both you and hubby were working, it would be tough to get by in NC and elsewhere with these kinds of jobs, without being on benefits (foodstamps, etc). With all of NCs cutbacks and changes to the welfare system imminent, it's going to make it even tougher to get them.
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